Democrats organize to fight back

[Eric the Green]

(12-28-2016, 03:18 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(12-26-2016, 05:11 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(12-26-2016, 04:59 PM)TnT Wrote: "Jane is ready to fight racism and misogyny and homophobia every step of the way."

What the fuck does that mean, Eric?  "Fight?"  What, carry a fucking sign down at the city circle?  What does the sign say?

"If this doesn't terrify you, you're a fool."  

Oh, good.  I know, I'll sit around and stare at television and be terrified.

This is exaclty the kind of crap that bothers me about being a liberal.  Useless, misdirected drivel, wasted energy, emotion-marinated non-action.

Oh, and by the way ... a stick figure.  Perfect.

Not drivel. It's a first step. Then, we organize. Myself, I'm not sure yet what to do. Something will come along.

Don't knock our allies. Join them and fight together. Ask them to join in too. Maybe, something will happen then.

I am predicting it, FWIW. If not now, then 4 years or so from now.

Really?  These are issues that affect very few, and though they may be important, they will never get resolved by spending all your time on them.  It's the same mistake BHO made when he chose healthcare as priority #1.  If he had focused on employment and thrown everything at getting people back to work, the political capital he would have acquired would have made a real healthcare solution possible ... not the convoluted mess we actually got. 

Attack problems by Pareto Chart.  Hit the big problems first!  Keep the focus on the biggest 1 or 2 problems, solve one, add the next item to your to-do list.

I don't disagree; but I suspect with Trump we have all the problems thrown at us at once. We have been driven back into the age of racism, misogyny, the whole works of social injustice. So politically, it won't work to ditch the ethnic/gender issues and embrace only the economic issues, or climate issues; they are all part and parcel of the same issue. As for what to do first if a progressive gets back into office, it will take some good strategy by the next president, if (s)he wins. I don't disagree that "it's the economy, stupid." That will probably be job 1, especially since a major recession is likely now in the last 2 years of Drumpf's term.

And you may remember that it was Obama's first priority too; he promised a stimulus as his first act, and he delivered. It was not enough, and was later blocked and ended by Republicans; but to some extent, it worked. The great recession ended. But the lesson is, bigger; and the people need to keep the congress Democratic, and that means voting in midterms.